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National Association of Elementary School Principals, Alexandria, VA. – 1995
The 14 lessons in this guide are intended to enhance elementary students' personal correspondence skills. The activities encourage creative personal interdisciplinary expression in language arts, visual arts, social studies, science, and mathematics through lessons that can be presented independently or integrated into existing lesson plans. Each…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Basic Writing, Content Area Reading, Cooperative Learning
Terry, Robert M., Ed. – 1992
Papers from the 1991 joint Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)/ Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) conference are presented. Because the state of North Carolina is in the forefront of state-mandated foreign language education in the elementary schools (FLES), 4 of the 10 articles in this volume address FLES…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Culture, Basic Writing, Competency Based Education
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Lyons, J. Doyle – 1990
Upon entry to New River Community College (NRCC), placement tests are administered to students enrolling in curricula and to students enrolling in English and mathematics classes. Based on preestablished cutoff scores on the placement tests, students are advised by counselors to take appropriate courses. In 1990, NRCC tracked students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Jones, Joan; Jackson, Ronald – 1991
In an effort to determine the impact of entry-level writing tests and subsequent remedial writing programs on various student ethnic populations at California's Oxnard College (OC), a study was conducted of 812 first-time students in fall 1989 who were administered the Assessment and Placement Services Exam for Community Colleges (APSECC). Of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Fideler, Elizabeth F., Ed. – The Educational Forum: A Journal of Teaching, Learning & Professional Development, 1990
This inaugural journal issue presents the perspectives of Massachusetts Bay Community College's faculty, administrators, and students on various aspects of community college education as practiced at the college. The journal contains the following articles: (1) "Adult Second Language Beginning Reading," by Ann Hilferty; (2) "Making Education a…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Basic Writing, College Instruction, College Programs
Woodruff, Barbara Bilson, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1989
With each issue focusing on different themes, volume 16 of "Inside English" looks at writing programs and critical thinking, developmental writing and the plight of part-time faculty, teaching literature and study abroad programs, and English as a Second Language (ESL) and English programs. In addition to regular columns on the English Council of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, College English, College Faculty
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Richey, Deborah K.; Mathern, Jeanette; O'Shea, Carol S.; Pierce, Shelby J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Describes a successful collaboration between high school and community college faculty that effected a reduced need for first-time college student remedial writing instruction. Discusses Ohio's Early English Composition Assessment Program, the model for collaborative success, and project recommendations. (YKH)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
Brooks, Greg; Davies, Rachael; Duckett, Laura; Hutchison, Dougal; Kendall, Sally; Wilkin, Anne – 2001
The progress made by adults in dedicated mainstream basic skills provision in England and Wales and factors associated with students' progress were examined. Of the 2,135 students from 71 colleges of further education and local education authorities who took the reading pretest, 1,224 (57%) took the reading posttest. Writing scripts were received…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
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